A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Proud to be British

…Or a habitual passport misplacer. One of the two, I’m sure. This was done by Aaron Prosser at Whitsunday Tattooing in Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia (who I think wishes that the face had been included in the tattoo).

Comments

32 responses to “Proud to be British”

  1. M.Sphinx Avatar

    Brilliant idea!

  2. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    looks cool, but all i can think is identity theft.

  3. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    I agree I think the picture should be included

  4. ummjon Avatar

    i think this is fantastic.

  5. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    omg, I’m in love with the idea!!

  6. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    OMG I hope the stupid f-wits up at Westminster dont see this and decide to do away with all our passports and tattoo us instead.
    If they do I want some nice flowers round mine lol

  7. Del Avatar
    Del

    Out of curiousity, is that forgery?

  8. tattooid Avatar
    tattooid

    wow- in a scary way. if you’ve seen Children of Men it resonates even louder.

  9. Wilburt Avatar

    its funny i was debating with a few friends today what the difference between UK and Great Britain is, seemingly its Northern Ireland….

  10. z is for xylophone Avatar
    z is for xylophone

    there’s gonna be an influx of richard ashtons into the UK soon – watch out, british kids

  11. Julie Avatar

    He shares my birthday!

  12. H Avatar
    H

    I wonder if he has his credit card number tattooed on the front.

  13. outmywindow Avatar
    outmywindow

    Interesting idea, but I think for the sake of preventing identity theft I’d have blurred out a bit of the info before sending the picture in to modblog…

  14. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    Actually I think a good number of us freely give out most of this information on our IAM and myspace and facebook pages regularly, and then some.

  15. cheshirekat Avatar
    cheshirekat

    …i always wonder where people get ideas for their tattoos. i can only begin to imagine how this idea came to be.

  16. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    I don’t think that’s a real tattoo. The picture looks fake to me.

  17. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Oh wow. That is pretty awesome. I too would like to know the story behind it!

  18. Kyrenna Avatar
    Kyrenna

    Ha, I love text tattoos, n this surely is a pretty one 🙂

  19. outmywindow Avatar
    outmywindow

    @lilish: that’s exactly why I don’t participate in any of those…

    Also, I doubt your average person puts their passport number or a photo of their signature on the internet.

  20. Wicked Avatar

    that’s gold. haha

  21. M.Sphinx Avatar

    I guess the natural crappiness of passport photos don’t make for good tattoo material. lol

  22. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I don’t know about passport numbers, but as far as signatures go I think they’re fairly easy to get ahold of. Think of all the times you sign anything and how many people come in contact with it. And even Shannon has his signature on each article online here.

    In any case, the easiest form of identity theft these days (at least in the US) is to call a bank and pretend to be someone famous. Most low level employees are too worried about upsetting them they give out all kinds of information to not lose their business; thus giving it to anyone with a little insight.

  23. FlamingFist Avatar
    FlamingFist

    yes, we folks in northern ireland are the deciding factor in everything that happens in the uk…i hate this country

  24. feathers Avatar
    feathers

    hah, he shares my surname..

  25. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    outmywindow: which is exactly why I said MOST of this information 😉

  26. stompyboy Avatar

    Yeah, I’d love to hear some background on this, quite a unique idea.
    Also, kudos to the artist on a really solid job on the font.

  27. blackberry Avatar
    blackberry

    As an immigratio officer, I see at least one person a day who forgot to take their passport with them, or has had it lost/stolen whilsy abroad. If only those people had this done, my job would be so much easier…

  28. Owen Blacker Avatar

    Great tattoo, but I too thought “identity theft” — I hope that’s not his actual passport number. And then “don’t tell the Identity and Passport Service; we’re having enough trouble with Blair’s ID card plans already! Very cute work, though; love it!

    @Wilburt: Yeah, GB is England, Scotland and Wales (formed in 1707), we became the UK in 1801 when Ireland was added to the mix. We gave most of Ireland back in the early 20th century so the difference between GB and UK is indeed Northern Ireland :o)

  29. Aaron Avatar
    Aaron

    It would have been sooooo much cooler with the photo but he had neither the time nor the money to complete the deal. Such is the life of a british back packer. He may have had it finished elsewhere by now.

  30. killy Avatar
    killy

    Kind of reminds me of that X-Mas card backpiece a few weeks back.

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